TASSEKES— FEINGILLIDAE— SPIZELLA PALLIDA. 



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Tlii-ee specimens of this sparrow were taken at Camp Crittenden, 

 Southern Arizona, the 1st of September. As compared with the hordes of 

 other sparrows, more especially Brewer's (var. breweri), their numbers 

 seemed small. This was the only point at which it was detected, though it 

 is probable that the species winters in this region in greater or less numbers. 



SPIZBLLA PALLIDA (Swains.), var. BREWERI, Cass. 

 Bre^irer's Sparrow^. 



Spizella breweri, CASS., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, Feb., 1856, 40. — Newb,, P. 

 R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 88.— Bd., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857-58, pt. iv, 6.— Id., 

 Birds N. A., 1858, 475.— id, U. S. & Mex. Bouud. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds., 

 10.— Kennerlt, p. R. R. Rep., Whipple's Route, 1859, 29.— Coues, Proc. 

 Acad. -Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 87 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.).— JT^Z., ib., 1868, 83.— 

 CooPEB, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 209. — Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 

 1874, 27 (in text). 



Spizella pallida var. breweri, CouES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 143. — Be, Brew., & 

 RiDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 13, pi. xxvii, f. 4. — YARROW, Rep. Oru. Specs. 



1871, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 35. — Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Oru. Specs., 



1872, Wheeler's -Exped., 1874, 14.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 xi, 1874, 6.— Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 44.— 

 Id., Rep. Oru. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 62, 80, 110.— Allen, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 28. — CouES, Birds Northwest, 

 1874, 151. 



Spizella pallida, Woodh., Sitgreave's Exp. Zuiii & Col. Riv., 1854, 83 (New Mexico). — 

 Allen, Bull. Mus. Coiup. Zool., 1872, 177 (Eastern Kansas; western edge 

 of plains; Ogden, Utah). — Snow, Birds Kau., 1872, 10. 



Common on the " benches " near Provo, Utah, in August. At this time, 

 they were in flocks, preparatory to migrating. 



A single specimen, the only one seen, taken in 1873, near Denver. 



Rather numerous in Southern Colorado. Inhabits the sage-brush and 

 greasewood of the plains. Its song is short and weak, and somewhat resem- 

 bles that of the Yellow-winged Sparrow (C. passerinns). It consists of a 

 short prelude, followed by a succession of short, quickly uttered notes, 

 which would be very well expressed by the striking together of pebbles. 



